Want to learn more quickly, and retain more of what you learn? Neuroscience says boosting your memory is relatively easy.

Do you feel like you have the memory of an elephant? Or, on the contrary, do you forget your neighbor's first name as soon as their back is turned? This little historical test will not only tickle ...

Why should I get a memory test? As we age, our brains undergo both anatomical and chemical changes. Shrinkage begins in our 30s and 40s, with the prefrontal cortex, cerebellum and hippocampus ...

Psychology Today's online self-tests are intended for informational purposes only and are not diagnostic tools. Psychology Today does not capture or store personally identifiable information, and your ...

Sure, success sometimes is sometimes the result of whom you know. Still: Long-term success is almost always based on what you know. That’s why most successful people try to be lifelong learners. And ...

Your answer to that relates to something that might surprise you: your likelihood to behave “virtuously,” whether forgoing that second serving of potato chips or donating to charity. Consider an ...

In the arena of cognitive psychology, scientists typically devise laboratory tasks that have little to do with everyday life in order to test a theoretical model. Findings from such experiments help ...